Engineering Mechanics 1: Statics

This book follows the classical structure of engineering mechanics as it is taught at universities of applied sciences and universities in Germany, and focuses on staticsthat is, the study of bodies at rest under the action of forces. The aim of the book is to provide students with a clear and accessible introduction to statics and to enable them to independently formulate and solve engineering problems. To this end, it offers a range of examples. The book is intended for students of mechanical engineering, civil engineering, mechanics, and all other disciplines in which statics plays a role.

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Mittelstedt studied civil engineering at the University of Wuppertal, where he graduated in 1999 with a degree in engineering (Dipl.-Ing.). In 2005, he earned his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) from the University of Siegen with a dissertation on stress concentration problems in composite laminates. Starting in 2006, he worked in the German aerospace industry as a research engineer and, from 2011, as a technical director in the field of structural analysis. He completed his habilitation in 2012 with a thesis on the stability of thin-walled fiber-reinforced lightweight structures. He is the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific publications, which have appeared in international journals, conference proceedings, and officially recognized engineering handbooks. He is also the author of numerous textbooks. Since August 2016, he has been head of the department Lightweight Design and Structural Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt.